The Box with a question mark was probably born when some shady trader decided to prey on our heroines' gullibility.

Not many people considered this artifact as special but when a chubby Italian plumber began his quest to save his girlfriend from a giant turtle, everyone saw what the artifact did, and boy were they amazed! Since they saw him grow in size and strength by eating the box's contents, all of the heroes began searching for these boxes.

Unfortunately, the box worked differently for the heroes, probably because it was not used to being carried away in a bag by scruffy little good-for-nothings. It seems the effects differ for all heroines as indicated below.

Example of use

This item can affect your hero in a good or bad way (requires 50% of godpower to activate this item)

!Hero's Diary↻

07:22 Felt a burning desire to open the Box with a question mark. Found inside something unbelievable — a scroll with instructions on how to get a premature level up!

Effects

There are many possible outcomes of activating a Box with a question mark.[N 1]

Positive outcomes include finding the following inside:

Gold coins (around 100-9926, though more than 9926 gold coins have been discovered)

Finding a notarized death certificate inside, which increases a hero's death count by one, and reduces your position in the pantheon of survival

Finding a note inside stating that some of the hero's experience points were achieved by dishonest means, which reduces the hero's experience points

Releasing a spiteful gremlin from inside the item that will steal about half of the hero's gold coins

Nothing happening. If your hero has not completed their temple, the annoyed hero tries to break the Box with a question mark with a golden brick resulting in the loss of the item and the golden brick. If the temple is complete, nothing happens but the loss of the artifact and expenditure of godpower.